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Tanya Shunnara
has been named this year’s Outstanding Professional Advisor by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Alabama Chapter. Ms. Shun- Shunnara nara was honored at the organization’s 2021 National Philanthropy Day awards program on Nov. 12.
Heninger Garrison Davis LLC partner Amanda Williamson has been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee supervising the In re Paraquat Products Williamson Liability Litigation by Chief Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
McClendon Neal
White Arnold & Dowd is pleased to announce that attorneys Emily McClendon and Jackson Neal have joined the firm. Ms. McClendon will be practicing Divorce and Family Law, and Mr. Neal will be primarily practicing Civil & Complex Litigation and Insurance Defense.
Dummier Young is pleased to announce that Timothy “Jamie” Greene has joined the firm as an associate.
Balch & Bingham LLP welcomes
Lauren Thornton
Jameson as she returns to the firm’s Birmingham office in the Litigation, Real Estate and Commercial Lending practices groups.
Dentons Sirote announces that
Sarah S. Johnston
has joined the firm as Of Counsel in its Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation practice group.
Alexander V.
Makarenko has joined the firm as an associate.
Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC partner Lana A. Olson has assumed the role of president-elect of DRI, the leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel.
Balch & Bingham LLP recently hosted its 10th annual Susan B. Livingston
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Jameson
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Makarenko
Olson Boot Camp for Success to equip incoming law students with the necessary tools to succeed in law school and throughout their professional careers. To date, more than 500 students are boot camp alumni.
Simpson, McMahan, Glick & Burford PLLC recently announced that Daniel S. Weber has been made partner at the firm.
Ross Benson, an associate with McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, has earned the widely recognized Certified AntiMoney Laundering Specialist certification from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has awarded its 2022 Diversity Scholarship to Southern University law student DeMario Thornton.
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Connor W. Her-
furth has joined Christian & Small LLP as an associate with a focus on Insurance, Professional Liability, Retail and Hospitality, and Transportation litigation.
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For the second consecutive year, Baker Donelson has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus status, making it one among 118 law firms that have completed a rigorous 12-month collaboration with Diversity Lab. “Our participation in the Mansfield Rule is an important part of our ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion,” said the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Officer Mark A. Baugh.
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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announces that attorneys Dylan C. Black, Tiffany J. deGruy, Anne Marie Seibel and Ethan T. Tidmore were appointed to new leadership roles with the American Bar Association (ABA) for the 2021-22 bar year, which began Aug. 1.
Robert S. Vance III
has joined the firm as an associate. Mr. Vance will be working in the firm’s Litigation practice area.
The law firm of Smith, Spires, Peddy, Hamilton & Coleman P.C. is pleased to announce that Leslie M. Hand has joined the firm as an associate.
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Durward and Durward is pleased to announce the relocation of its office to: 2140 11th Avenue South, Suite 415, Birmingham, AL 35205. The phone number remains 205-324-6654. For the fifth summer in a row, Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC has raised thousands of dollars to support pediatric cancer research. This year, the “Lightfoot Lemons’’ team raised $25,091 to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a national childhood cancer charity. The firm’s fundraising efforts culminated on August 5 with attorney Terry McCarthy performing 2,000 push-ups, one for each dollar the late, 4-year-old Alex raised in her first lemonade stand.
Carney Dye LLC is pleased to announce that J. Winston Busby has joined the firm as a member, and the office has moved to 3800 Colonnade Parkway, Suite 175, Birmingham, Alabama 35243. The firm’s phone number remains 205-802-0696.
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Maynard Cooper & Gale is pleased to announce that
Megan M. Kelly
has joined the Firm’s Estate Planning and Fiduciary Advisory Services practice groups.
Kelly
Frederick A. Erben and the law firm of Beddow, Erben & Bowen PA are proud to announce the firm has become Beddow, Erben, Bowen & Wales PA. This change marks the addition of Jennifer K. Wales as a named partner and shareholder.
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is proud to welcome former Assistant U.S. Attorney
James R. “Jim” Stur-
divant as a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office. As part of the Government Sturdivant and Internal Investigations team, he aggressively represents clients in high-stakes white collar litigation and helps them prepare for and navigate state and federal investigations.
Miller, Christie & Kinney PC is pleased to announce that Stephanie A. Marrero has joined the firm as an associate.
The law firm of Christian & Small LLP is pleased to announce that associate Helen M. Buckley has joined the firm in its Birmingham office. She will focus her practice on Business and Commercial Litigation, Class Actions & Toxic Torts, Construction, Insurance, Labor and Employment and Transportation.
J. Hardy Family Law LLC announces that Auna M. Bilbo has been promoted to associate attorney at the firm’s Birmingham office located at 200 Office Park Drive, Suite 310, Mountain Brook 35223, 205-545-7445.
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Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC is proud to be in Diversity Lab’s second cohort of the Mansfield Rule for Midsize Firms, part of a national initiative to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession. Lightfoot is one of more than 70 law firms across the U.S. participating in the 2021-23 cohort.
Brewster Brown Cole
Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC is pleased to welcome five new lawyers to the firm’s Birmingham office. Meghan S. Cole joins as a lateral associate, while
George A. Brewster
Jr., Henry “Ben” Brown III, Mary “Elizabeth” Harrison and Tatum L. Jackson are first-year associates.
Harrison Jackson
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that J. Andrew Robison, a partner practicing in the area of financial services litigation, has been named to the North American Regional Council of the World Services Group (WSG).
Bressler, Amery & Ross P.C. is proud to announce that principal Matthew I. Penfield has been accepted into Leadership Birmingham’s 2022 class. Leadership Birmingham is a professional organization whose members are committed to building stronger community leaders through education on current issues and challenges facing their region.
Robison
Baker Donelson has been recognized by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) as a 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Residential Leadership Award recipient. The annual awards recognize MBA members for their leadership efforts in DEI in three award categories: organizational DEI, market outreach strategies, and non-lender.
Penfield
Burr & Forman LLP has launched BurrSportsLaw.com as a resource center for college athletes. The team includes attorneys from a variety of legal and college athletic backgrounds, who provide counsel on marketing, licensing and other agreements. Dentons Sirote is proud to announce attorneys Elizabeth H. Hutchins and Katherine N. Barr have been recognized as “notable practitioners” for their outstanding work in private wealth Barr law in Alabama in the 2021 Chambers High Net Worth Guide.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Maddox, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office, has been elected as a member of the Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law (CCFL).
Hutchins
Bressler Amery & Ross P.C. has joined the second cohort of Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Rule for Midsize Firms, part of a national initiative to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession.
Maddox
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